Deputy Darrion Holiwell, 49, was arrested on suspicion of helping his wife start a prostitution business, using drugs and taking ammunition from the Sheriff's Office. He is being help at King County Jail on a $150,000 bail.
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A King County Sheriff's deputy was arrested on suspicion of helping his wife start a prostitution business, using drugs and stealing ammunition from the Sheriff's Office.

The investigation into Deputy Darrion Holiwell, 49, began when Holiwell was undergoing a divorce, Komonews reports. Holiwell's wife went to Holiwell's ex-wife and told her about abuse she suffered, court documents said; Holiwell's ex-wife told an employee at the Sheriff's Office.

Holiwell's wife told investigators that her husband suggested she work a second job as an escort to help with the family's financial burdens, according to court documents. When the couple separated, the wife started an escort business from which her husband took 80 percent of the profits, court documents say.

Court documents also said that police served a search warrant to Holiwell's home and discovered evidence that Holiwell had been taking live and spent ammunition from the Sheriff's Office firing range. Detectives also found drugs at the home, court documents say.

Holiwell is being held at King County Jail. He has been with the Sheriff's Office since 1995.

Elsewhere in the Northwest:

An Olympia woman is accused of stealing almost $1,000 from a client who was saving up for a trip to Disneyland. Merely Cisneros Valdespino formerly worked at an organization that provides support to adults with developmental disabilities.

According to court documents her duties included assisting clients with banking. Cisneros is accused of taking her client to a bank and stealing $980 from her client's account. [The Olympian]

Scammers posing as IRS agents have hit the city of Mukilteo hard, police said. Three people have been tricked into surrendering cash to scammers who called the victims and threatened to arrest them if they didn't pay up. One victim ended up paying about $8,500. [HeraldNet]

Lakewood police officers draw with children on the department's concrete entry. Komonews

Kids got a chance to mark up the Lakewood Police Department's entry with chalk this week. The story starts with Sterling Norris, an 8-year-old who wanted to draw with chalk on her school's grounds. The school board said no. The police department, though, invited Norris to come draw on the concrete entry in front of the police department. Some officers joined in on the fun, too. [Komonews]